Johnstown: Many residents report suspicious activity

Several Johnstown residents recently reported suspicious activities at their homes, including broken windows and damaged doors.

Several Johnstown residents recently reported suspicious activities at their homes, including broken windows and damaged doors.

A window was reported broken at a residence in the 200 block of Briarwood Drive, according to a vandalism complaint received at midnight Aug. 25.

Additional police patrols were requested Aug. 25 by a Kasson Street resident after she had heard scratching and knocking on her window.

The front door of a residence in the 300 block of Buena Vista Drive appeared as though someone tried to get into the home, according to a complaint received at 9:08 p.m. Aug. 24.

In other Johnstown police incident reports:

* A credit card was reported stolen at 9:59 p.m. Aug. 27 from a residence in the 200 block of Briarwood Drive.

* A cellphone was reported stolen at 7:32 p.m. Aug. 25 from a business in the 800 block of West Coshocton Street.

* A bicycle was reported stolen at 2:36 p.m. Aug. 25 from a residence in the first block of West Maple Street.

* The smell of rubber or burning plastic was reported to police at 1:37 p.m. Aug. 27 in the first block of Meadow Lane. Police didn't find anything burning.

* Kids reportedly were playing in the new foundation that just had been poured next to Pizza Burg, 90 S. Main St., according to a complaint filed at 8:24 p.m. Aug. 26.

* Cars were unable to exit Kroger because of the ODOT construction, according to a traffic report taken at 6:37 p.m. Aug. 26.

* A brindle pit bull was running loose at Oregon Elementary School, according to an animal complaint received at 5:32 p.m. Aug. 26.

* A 65- to 70-year-old man was darting in and out of traffic on a scooter at Main and Pratt streets, according to a traffic complaint received at 2:22 p.m. Aug. 25.

* A Briarwood Drive resident reported at 4:25 p.m. Aug. 24 that she has received harassing phone calls from a man she knows. She said she's being stalked again.

* Tenants were yelling and arguing from apartments in the 100 block of South Williams Street, according to a disturbance call received at 1:11 a.m. Aug. 24.

* Seven to 10 people were running up and down stairs and congregating outside in the first block of Pratt Street, according to a disturbance call received at 10:04 p.m. Aug. 23.

* Two men in a white van were soliciting without a permit on Meadow Lane and on Edwards Road, according to several complaints received Aug. 23. The men told an Edwards Road resident to "go F himself." Police advised the men to pack up and not solicit until they have a permit.

* A resident in the first block of West Maple Street reported that a 7-year-old girl has been hungry and on her porch for three nights. She reported the incidents to police at 5:32 p.m. Aug. 21.